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piercingness

noun

Etymology

From piercing + -ness.

  1. derived from pertūsus
  2. derived from *pertūsiō✻
  3. derived from percier
  4. inherited from perce
  5. suffixed as piercing — “pierce + ing”
  6. suffixed as piercingness — “piercing + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being piercing.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA